For 35 years, Tammy Swift has shared all stages of her life through a weekly personal column. Her first 鈥渞eal world鈥� job involved founding and running the Bismarck Tribune鈥檚 Dickinson bureau from her apartment. She has worked at The Forum four different times, during which she鈥檚 produced everything from food stories and movie reviews to breaking news and business stories. Her work has won awards from the Minnesota and North Dakota Newspaper Associations, the Society for Professional Journalists and the Dakotas Associated Press Managing Editors News Contest. As a business reporter, she gravitates toward personality profiles, cottage industry stories, small-town business features or anything quirky. She can be reached at tswift@forumcomm.com.
